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Where was this community feedback coming from though? It certainly wasn't the Team SWAT voting page. Uncaged and Pinnacle were very popular choices, which wouldn't be the case if the majority of people didn't like them. They got votes simply because people enjoyed playing them, if they had looked at what people actually play they would have removed Powerhouse and Zealot, those almost never receive votes. A polling system is there for the exact reason of monitoring the opinion of the masses. The SWAT masses continually voted in favour of Uncaged and Pinnacle to have them played... that is easily interpreted community feedback. And I doubt it's just players griping over change in general, it's the fact the haven't given us anything to mix it up now. We are stuck playing 2 maps ad nauseum. I don't think the backlash would be this persistent if 343 had added two maps in their place.

Wow, the one thing that kept me playing Reach throughout April was the hope that all of the negative feedback I had been seeing about the SWAT changes may have actually gotten through to you guys, and that maybe you would return what often seemed to be the player favourite maps. Uncaged and Pinnacle should have been added back into the voting system, even if they weren't as frequently available. You could have at least given us something new if you were too afraid of admitting a mistake and just reversing the changes.

This type of decision is honestly making me consider cancelling my pre-order for Halo 4, if they make awful decisions like this as minor game tweaks then what kind of horrible choices will they inflict on us when they have their hands on the game pre-publishing?

As I have posted in another thread: "It's not just that Uncaged and Pinnacle were my two favourite maps for SWAT that makes this update a negative one for me; It's also that you've now removed any level of variety from the map selection. I've been stuck playing the same two maps repeatedly, to the point where I no longer find any enjoyment in playing at all. It's a constant cycle of people camping around the green lift room in Swordbase, or the top of the elevator in Reflection, meaning the whole game is spent within around 20 square feet of the given map. Not fun. Honestly, Uncaged and Pinnacle always received a good amount of votes to play. Why would those be slated for removal above something like Powerhouse which almost never got selected? If people didn't like the maps they wouldn't have voted for them, it's that simple. Please, PLEASE, consider giving us our SWAT fun back." I cannot understand why two maps that were almost always the favourites in voting would be the ones to be removed. While I was playing SWAT the night that the update took place many people were asking why those two weren't showing up during the voting chats. The removal was noticed and immediatly people were saddened by the loss of variety in the game. Seriously, I know that if 343 was to put a second Team SWAT mode into play (which incuded Pinnacle and Uncaged) that there would be more than enough people playing it to keep it running, hey, I bet even if it was JUST Pinnacle and Uncaged there would still be decent traffic to that server.

It's not just that Uncaged and Pinnacle were my two favourite maps for SWAT that makes this update a negative one for me; It's also that you've now removed any level of variety from the map selection. I've been stuck playing the same two maps repeatedly, to the point where I no longer find any enjoyment in playing at all. It's a constant cycle of people camping around the green lift room in Swordbase, or the top of the elevator in Reflection, meaning the whole game is spent within around 20 square feet of the given map. Not fun. Honestly, Uncaged and Pinnacle always received a good amount of votes to play. Why would those be slated for removal above something like Powerhouse which almost never got selected? If people didn't like the maps they wouldn't have voted for them, it's that simple. Please, PLEASE, consider giving us our SWAT fun back.